SUN (Sunoco LP) Debt-to-EBITDA : (As of Jun. 2026)

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SUN Sunoco LP SUN
81 GF Score
Price $77.87
GF Value $76.24
Valuation Fairly Valued
! 11 Warning Signs
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What is Sunoco LP Debt-to-EBITDA?

Debt-to-EBITDA measures a company's ability to pay off its debt.

Sunoco LP's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2026 was $188 Mil. Sunoco LP's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2026 was $14,653 Mil. Sunoco LP's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2026 was $3,392 Mil. Sunoco LP's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2026 was 4.38.

A high Debt-to-EBITDA ratio generally means that a company may spend more time to paying off its debt. According to Joel Tillinghast's BIG MONEY THINKS SMALL: Biases, Blind Spots, and Smarter Investing, a ratio of Debt-to-EBITDA exceeding four is usually considered scary unless tangible assets cover the debt.

The historical rank and industry rank for Sunoco LP's Debt-to-EBITDA or its related term are showing as below:

SUN' s Debt-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 4.28   Med: 5.88   Max: 14.42
Current: 4.99

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio of Sunoco LP was 14.42. The lowest was 4.28. And the median was 5.88.

SUN's Debt-to-EBITDA is ranked worse than
81.73% of 717 companies
in the Oil & Gas industry
Industry Median: 1.83 vs SUN: 4.99

Sunoco LP  (NYSE:SUN) Debt-to-EBITDA Explanation

In the calculation of Debt-to-EBITDA, we use the total of Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation and Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation divided by EBITDA. In some calculations, Total Liabilities is used to for calculation.

Be Aware

A high Debt-to-EBITDA ratio generally means that a company may spend more time to paying off its debt.

According to Joel Tillinghast's BIG MONEY THINKS SMALL: Biases, Blind Spots, and Smarter Investing, a ratio of Debt-to-EBITDA exceeding four is usually considered scary unless tangible assets cover the debt.

Sunoco LP Debt-to-EBITDA Related Terms

Sunoco LP Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

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The historical data trend for Sunoco LP's Debt-to-EBITDA can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

Sunoco LP Debt-to-EBITDA Chart

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SUN vs DINO, PBF, IEP: Debt-to-EBITDA Comparison

For the Oil & Gas Refining & Marketing subindustry, Sunoco LP's Debt-to-EBITDA, along with its competitors' market caps and Debt-to-EBITDA data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.

Sunoco LP Debt-to-EBITDA vs Oil & Gas Industry

For the Oil & Gas industry and Energy sector, Sunoco LP's Debt-to-EBITDA distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Sunoco LP's Debt-to-EBITDA falls into.


SUN
81GF Score
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Sunoco LP Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

Debt-to-EBITDA measures a company's ability to pay off its debt.

Sunoco LP's Debt-to-EBITDA for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2025 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(228 + 14627) / 1839
=8.08

Sunoco LP's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2026 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(188 + 14653) / 3392
=4.38

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

In the calculation of annual Debt-to-EBITDA, the EBITDA of the last fiscal year is used. In calculating the annualized quarterly data, the EBITDA data used here is four times the quarterly (Jun. 2026) EBITDA data.

Is Sunoco LP (SUN) Overvalued in 2026?

Based on GuruFocus' analysis, Sunoco LP stock appears to be overvalued. The current stock price of $77.87 is trading 2.1% above its estimated GF Value™ of $76.24. GuruFocus considers Sunoco LP to be Fairly Valued.

Key valuation signals for SUN:

  • Debt-to-EBITDA:
  • GF Value™: $76.24 vs. price of $77.87 (2.1% above fair value)
  • GF Score™: 81/100 with 11 warning signs

No single metric tells the full story. See the SUN stock analysis page for a complete view including 30-year financials, guru trades, and insider activity.

Sunoco LP Business Description

Industry EnergyOil & Gas
Address 8111 Westchester Drive, Suite 400, Dallas, TX, USA, 75225
Sunoco LP is a Delaware limited partnership formed in June 2012 by Susser Holdings Corporation or SUSS. In September 2012, the Company completed its initial public offering. The Company, along with its wholly owned subsidiary, is an independent motor fuel distributor by gallons in Texas, and among the distributors of Valero and Chevron branded motor fuel in the United States. The Company also receives rental income from real estate that it leases or subleases. SUSS operated approximately 580 retail convenience stores under its proprietary Stripes convenience store brand at year-end, mainly in growing Texas markets. Stripes is an independent chain of convenience stores in Texas based on store count and retail motor fuel volumes sold. Its business is integral to the success of SUSS' retail operations, and SUSS purchases substantially all of its motor fuel from the Company. In addition to distributing motor fuel, it also distributes other petroleum products such as propane and lube oil, and receives rental income from real estate that it leases or subleases. The Company purchases motor fuel mainly from independent refiners and oil companies and distributes it throughout Texas and in Louisiana, New Mexico and Oklahoma. The Company competes mainly with other independent motor fuel distributors. The Company is subject to various federal, state and local environmental laws and regulations, including those relating to underground storage tanks; the release or discharge of hazardous materials into the air, water and soil; the generation, storage, handling, use, transportation and disposal of regulated materials; the exposure of persons to regulated materials; and the remediation of contaminated soil and groundwater.
81GF Score

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